"Please take me, Master! Han Min will serve you forever!"

Bai Yunyu laughed heartily as he ruffled Han Min's hair dearly, "Okay, call the teahouse owner. I will buy you from him."

Han Min called the teahouse owner, and Bai Yunyu offered a bag of gold coins to buy Han Min, which the owner accepted quickly because he bought Han Min cheaply. He got more than 1000% of Han Min's original price.

After the owner left Bai Yunyu and Han Min alone in the VIP room, Bai Yunyu finally introduced himself, "My name is Bai Shijue. I live alone in a small village. But the place is very safe. You will live there with Chinchin and me," Yunyu pointed at the celestial beast.

"Squee!"

"Waah, so cute!"

"Squeee!" Chinchin was happy that someone called it cute. Because Han Shun never called Chinchin cute, nor he ever praised Chinchin for accompanying him. 

Chinchin quickly jumped to Han Min and sat on top of his head.

"Haha, Chinchin seems to be liking you a lot," Bai Yunyu said. "Well, we need to leave now. Close your eyes, Han Min, and don't open your eyes until I told you to."

Bai Shijue covered Han Min's eyes with his palm, and they teleported back to Bai Yunyu's residence in the village.

Blip!

…

…

'Did you see everything?' 

'No, I don't want to believe this,' Han Shun looked at the man in a black-golden robe standing beside him. Han Shun and that man had been in this place since Bai Gege entered the VIP room. 

He thought that Bai Gege would be spending his time drinking tea alone, accompanied by Chinchin, who was busy eating snacks. 

But turned out, he summoned the male prostitute, who happened to be a 10 years old boy with a similar name to him.

Han Shun was shocked, thinking that Bai Gege wanted to use the boy for sexual pleasure. Because if that was the case, Han Shun would be willing to be the one servicing Bai Gege! No, he should be the only one to have the privilege to do so!

But turned out, Bai Gege was just as pure as always. Instead of using the boy to pleasure himself, he told the boy to sit beside him and give him rice cake.

He ruffled the boy's hair and talked to him with an endearing voice. To top it all off, Bai Gege offered and bought the boy from the teahouse owner to bring in their residence.

As if… Han Shun was…

'You're being replaced,' the man in black-golden robe said. He smirked maliciously, 'You see, Bai Shijue is a generous immortal. He took a boy named Han Shun once and raised him, and now he took another one name, Han Min. Is it not clear enough?'

'SHUT UP!' Han Shun yelled back at the man. He knew that he was being replaced here. But he refused to say that he had no place in Bai Gege's heart. 

'Bai Gege must've been taking pity on the boy, and he wants to give the boy a better place to live! It's no more than that!'

'Haha! You're so naive. You will be stuck in that cave for 4 years. Who knows what'd happen in 4 years. Maybe that Han Min guy would've replaced you completely. Maybe Bai Shijue will allow that Han Min kid to call him Bai Gege soon ~.'

'NO! THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!' Han Shun denied. 'BAI GEGE WILL NEVER REPLACE ME! I KNOW THAT HE IS HELPING THAT KID SO HE WOULD HAVE A BETTER LIFE! HE WILL NEVER REPLACE ME!!'

'L—Let me go to the residence now. I can prove it to you that Bai Gege won't do anything to that boy!' Han Shun demanded.

'Nope, that's not possible~' the man chuckled mockingly. 'The time's up. I will have to transfer you back to your real body inside that cave. You will not be able to see your Bai Gege for 4 years to come. Let's see what'll happen next, shall we?'

'NO! I WILL PROVE TO YOU THAT BAI GEGE WON'T BETRAY ME! NOOO!'

Han Shun struggled hard to break free from the man's chain, but the man was proven to be too strong for him. He was dragged back to the cave, stuck in the same position for four years.

**

Bai Yunyu and Han Min arrived in the courtyard's residence in the village. Han Min was a bit confused about how he suddenly appeared here. But his focus quickly shifted as he looked around, and amazed by the sheer size of this residence, this was no less than a residence owned by a rich landlord!

"Welcome to my residence. I call this place as Plum Blossom Residence," Bai Yunyu greeted. "Well, this residence is large enough to fit at least 3 families, so I don't think you need to be worried about a room. You can pick any room and courtyard of your own except this one, mine, and the one beside mine."

"Yes, Master Bai Shijue!" 

"You can just call me Master Bai," Bai Yunyu said. He wanted to tell Han Min that he could call him Bai Gege, but he knew that was Han Shun's endearing call for him. He didn't want to make Han Shun jealous.

[Pupa: I thought you'd let him call you Bai Gege.]

[Ehh, Nah, that is exclusive to Han Shun.]

[I don't want to create a misunderstanding. I brought Han Min here so he can learn martial arts and be a good, healthy boy in the future. I will inherit this residence to him because I will be leaving with Han Shun to the immortal realm in the future, remember?]

Bai Yunyu walked with Han Min around the residence. Bai Yunyu explained what was around the residence and what Han Min needed to do to clean the area. 

He didn't want Han Min to be too exhausted since he was still a kid, so he just told him to clean the area around their courtyards and the kitchen. 

"This… this is the courtyard of another resident here. His name is similar to yours, actually. His name is Han Shun," Yunyu mentioned as they entered Han Shun's courtyard.

"Han Shun…" Han Min tried to remember the name, and he asked, "Master Bai, I thought you said that you live alone."

"Well, technically, I live alone right now because Han Shun is in his… training. He is a skilled martial artist, a stubborn but good-hearted kid. He is also very dedicated to his training," Bai Yunyu said. His lips perked up when he was talking about Han Shun, and his face seemed to be brightened whenever he mentioned Han Shun's name.

Han Min saw this and asked innocently, "Is he Master Bai's lover?"

"Ah— Oh— N—No, I am his teacher, and he is my disciple," Bai Yunyu stuttered as he answered. He was a tad surprised by that straightfroward question. "Why do you ask?"

"Hehe, because Master Bai is smiling and looking very happy whenever you talk about Han Shun! I really want to meet him and introduce myself. He seems to be a great person!" Han Min said. He had no trace of possessiveness in him because he knew his place. He knew that Master Bai took him here to work as his servant personally. He didn't mind as long as he could eat 3x a day and sleep on a real bed!

"Is it obvious?" Bai Yunyu asked.

"Un!"

Bai Yunyu looked up to the ceiling. He instantly imagined Han Shun's proud smile whenever he did something correctly. Yunyu's heart melted instantly, and he mumbled, "Well, I suppose he is kind of special to me."